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28 February 2005 Is North Korea bluffing again? Given the almost complete absence of reliable intelligence and the virtual impossibility of access to the Stalinist pariah state of North Korea, any assessment of the 'Hermit Kingdom's' nuclear programme is necessarily based on incomplete and unverifiable information. Satellite and other remote surveillance provide limited information and are subject to multiple interpretations. Most international intelligence assessments, based in large part on defectors' testimonies regarding North Korea, are merely analytical judgements. However, there are some points of agreement among Western and South Korean intelligence analysts. The most important fact is that, to date, no nuclear test has been carried out by Pyongyang. As a result, South Korean and other international officials stressed that it is still too early to declare that the North is now a nuclear power. They add that the alleged weapons have neither been tested, nor have their existence been confirmed beyond doubt. Nevertheless, the US has pointed to a suspected underground nuclear test site at Kumchang-ri, a complex 25 miles northeast of Yongbyon monitored by US satellite surveillance. High-explosive tests, possibly linked to nuclear weapons development, are suspected to have taken place. Note: the above is not the full item ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Take a look at donorschoose.org, an excellent charitable web site for anyone who cares about public education! http://us.click.yahoo.com/_OLuKD/8WnJAA/cUmLAA/TySplB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> -------------------------- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -------------------------- Brooks Isoldi, editor [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: [email protected] Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
